Eric Todd

July 31, 2018

A few weeks ago, I flew down to Cocoa Beach, Florida to compete in the USAWA Nationals. I felt my training had been spot on for this meet, and was feeling strong. The caliber of competition was impressive, but I was feeling ready. It was very hot and humid in...

May 22, 2018

It has been a pretty good start to my year competing in All-Round Weightlifting. The first event was the USAWA First Quarter Postal. In this event we had 3 members of the KC Strongman Club lift in the postal at my house. This included my long time training partner Lance...

February 7, 2018

Last weekend, I competed in yet another Dino Challenge in Holland, KS. This meet has been going on since 2004, where I won the heavyweight division. This time around was in honor of the late Tom Ryan, who was an avid all-rounder and weightlifting historian. Unfortunately for me, Tom’s favorite...

January 20, 2018

Right before the end of 2017, KC Strongman Club and I took part in the USAWA Postal Championships. This past year, I have done rather well in the USAWA Postal Series events, but unfortunately the events in the championship were not well suited for me. While this was all round,...

October 2, 2017

All-Round Weighlifting | Eric Todd One of the things I love about competing in all-round weightlifting is the postal competition. This is where you gather regionally and do your lifts in front of a certified official, and then the results are sent to a central location to be compiled and...

July 19, 2017

There are a number of strength disciplines that one can choose to compete in if pursuing an athletic career in strength sports/physical culture. I have competed in strongman, highland games, highlander, powerlifting, all-round, and even one Olympic lifting meet. There is also arm wrestling and bodybuilding, but probably others that...

June 14, 2017

It has a spell since my last blog, so I thought I would take a moment to get you all caught up with what I have been up to. Training has been going well for the most part. My upper body has been progressing well, my front and back squats...

January 23, 2017

This past October, I competed in the IAWA Gold Cup meet. It is like the World Championships of record breaker days. You choose one lift and your opener must be a World Record. There were lifters from the US, Britain, Scotland, Finland and Australia. I chose a lift called Lateral...

September 29, 2016

School is back in session, and life has become even busier. My training is still progressing which has been positive. I finally reintroduced back squats into my regiment, and though very light for the time being, they feel good. I have even competed twice in the past month. The first...

June 21, 2016

The past couple months of school were quite interesting and turned out to be some of the most challenging in my tenure. While I loved every minute of it, I was emotionally drained by the end of the year. I guess the school thought I did a pretty good job...